The C&BL is a difficult short line to shoot; its early morning start and high valley walls make it rough to get some good light. Luckily, it was those two factors that made this shot possible.

The old Panhandle Bridge carrying C90 blends in much more with the steel belt surroundings than the highly stylized Veterans Memorial Bridge adjacent to it.

Steel mills and railroads can often be mentioned in the same breath. That point is demonstrated here by WPSX 1551 and the NS Ohio River Secondary in the foreground of the former Wheeling-Pitt Stee... (more)

The 'Johnstown Jet' has just finished up its working the C&BL interchange and the Pepsi Distribution center. Its seen here heading home to Rockwood.

Passing the old Duke's Brewery

A friend working on the Union said the railroad is slower than its been in twenty years and it shows here. Note the rows of laid up hot metal cars and shuttered blast furnace across the river at U... (more)

So long J! In just a few hours this American classic will be folded into the CN system (although I believe this particular until will go to the spinoff Gray Railroad). Even though I only saw five ... (more)

This period was more or less the end of the 'old' CSX era on the Riverline. From the Conrail breakup until 2006 SD60s, 50s, 40-2s, AC600Ws and CR power were common place. Now its all GEVO all the ... (more)

With all the replacement projects I'd read about on the internet, I had all but given up on seeing a classic ATSF cantilever style signal in my life time. I was very pleasantly surprised to find t... (more)

Certainly one of the busiest yards I've ever been to and I've been to alot of yards. In the hour I was on this bridge, I saw trains from 6 of the 9 North American class ones in addition to four se... (more)

Although the sun is up, the cold night air still lingers. Its a bone chilling 9F as 391 begins it trek to Homewood and points south.

It just wouldn't be a trip to Chicago unless I checked another tower off my list. By the looks of it, I doubt 16th Street has seen much change since the commuter trains read Rock Island on the fla... (more)